Chapter 60: Gathering
The old man's son saw that my face was different from that of Miss Bai, and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Huh?" I came back to my senses, cleared my throat and said, "It's nothing, we're just curious." It seems that the madman didn't disappear at all, but hid in the temple, right, uncle? β
"I guess so." The uncle said, "It's really weird, that temple is just such a big place, where can he hide..."
The reason why I asked that just now was to test him, and as I expected, he didn't know the underground passage under the temple at all, and according to this, all the villagers in Stone Village should not know. So, when was that underground passage built by whom, and what was it used for? β¦
"And after that?" I asked, "What happened to the madman?" β
"What else?" The uncle spread his hands, "I was taken away by those two people, and I don't know where I sent it, and when I came back, there were only those two people left, and I spent another night in our village, and the woman was crying, and her eye sockets were swollen..."
"Is there any strange thing happening in the village behind you?" I asked.
"Strange things?"
"Well, didn't the madman say that something was going to come out, and was there anything strange going on in the village?"
The uncle scratched his head and thought about it, "That's not true, how can you take the crazy things that a madman said..."
I nodded. If you ask any more, you won't be able to ask anything. As for the cave hidden in the mountain at the entrance of Stone Village, not only the villagers who went up the cliff with us didn't know, but the uncle in front of him didn't know either. And the person who lied to the villagers that the mountain was going to collapse and ordered them to leave the village, judging from the age, appearance and clothing described by the uncle, should be the one who died in the stone chamber.
"Doll, when will your Eighth Route Army counterattack Big 6?" The old man asked suddenly.
"Huh?" I opened my mouth wide, and my heart said that it was the Eighth Route Army's counterattack on the big 6, or the Kuomintang counterattack on the big 6?
Miss Bai snorted, "It's almost over, old man." β
"Hmm." The old man said, "Tell me when the counterattack on Big 6 will come, old man, I also want to join the war..."
"Okay, no problem..."
Coming out of the old man's tent, we went back to our tent. The rain is still falling, intermittently, and the water and moisture in the mountains and wilderness are cloudy.
"What do you think?" Miss Bai asked.
"Yang Niansheng has entered that underground passage."
"Well, what else?"
"There's one thing I don't understand." I frowned and said, "If you want to build such an underpass, the amount of work is huge, if it is repaired by the Eighth Route Army, even if it starts at night, it is impossible for no one in Stone Village to know." β
"I don't understand." Miss Bai said.
"If you want to say that it wasn't built by the Eighth Route Army, but that passage is just under the house of the company commander..."
"It doesn't matter who repaired it first." Miss Bai said, "Let's study what is the purpose of converting the company commander's house into a temple when the Eighth Route Army withdraws..."
"The temple... Three stone statues..."My eyes suddenly lit up, "it must be for the purpose of warding off evil spirits!" β
"Suppressing evil spirits?" Miss Bai was stunned.
"Hmm." I nodded, "It's a pity that the stone village has been completely buried by the landslide, and the three stone statues have long been lost, so I can't be sure if they were used to suppress evil spirits..."
Although we have revealed the secret hidden in the stone village mountain, after we got out of the trap, the only crack that can lead into the mountain is closed. All the secrets, once again, were sealed in the dust. Perhaps, there is a person who may tell us what is hidden in the mountain, this person is Yang Shujun's uncle Yang Niansheng, if he is still alive and really entered that underground passage back then...
That night, after discussing with Miss Bai, we decided to go to Xiangfeng and them the next day, and then directly asked Yang Shujun to take us to the place where his uncle was released, and then we would not go back to Stone Village.
When we got out early in the morning, we didn't alarm everyone and only found two people to show us the way. However, when the villagers heard the commotion, they all came out, and they brought us a large bag full of various cured meat specialties, and sent us all the way to a mountain pass. As for the things we brought with us when we entered the mountain, they were all sent to Xiangfeng by the villagers.
The old man in the village also became conscious, wiped his tears and took my hand, and said tremblingly, "Good boy, if it weren't for you, all the people in our village would be dead, all dead... I listened to the sadness and discomfort, and Miss Bai covered her mouth and turned her head.
The old man raised his cane, "Listen, thank our benefactor again, thank you for saving your life!" β¦β
The rain had stopped, and in the morning in the mountains, the air was fresh and intoxicating, and the leaves were slightly shaking, and the green seemed to have been painted. From time to time, birds fluttered and flew by, the old trees in the forest also creaked, and the mountains and fields were filled with all kinds of sounds, which were all life, playing music together.
The two villagers who led the way walked in front with great interest, without even looking back. Miss Bai and I were intoxicated by the beauty of nature, talking and laughing along the way, but we didn't feel tired. Dozens of miles of mountain roads, until the afternoon, we came to a mountainous county town. It is said that it is a county seat, but it does not look as prosperous as the towns and villages on the plains, surrounded by mountains, and the buildings are very old.
The hospital where Xiang Feng was staying was located halfway up the mountain, and the two buildings looked as if they were going to collapse at any moment, and the walls were not only cracked, but also covered with moss and vines. There is a stinky ditch behind the building, which is full of debris, not only medical waste, but also aborted fetuses, emitting bursts of foul odor.
As soon as he came to the door of Xiang Feng's ward, he heard Xiaoqing's loud voice coming from inside.
"Oh, you can't be obedient, my ancestor! β¦β
Yang Shujun smiled evilly, "Ah Feng, don't let my niece feel distressed, if my stupid niece hadn't gotten married, she would definitely marry you with a dead face, uncle, I'll hide out and let this ward be used as a cave room for you..."
"Uncle Cousin." Xiaoqing snorted, "You're just dead-faced!" β
Then there was Xiang Feng's low and indifferent voice, "Thank you two for your kindness, I'm fine, I'm really worried about Ah Leng, I have to go." β
"Oh my ancestors!" I felt that Xiaoqing was about to jump up, "Didn't the messenger say that he was fine, look at you, you're almost mummified, even if you are a hero, like you said, this injury is nothing, but what if you go out and scare people, people still think you crawled out of the Egyptian tomb..."
I almost laughed, and at the same time I was moved by Xiang Feng's affection for me. Although the natural disasters that can be traced are not considered heavenly opportunities, the fact that Miss Bai and I were buried under the landslide is also a natural disaster.
Yang Shujun persuaded Xiang Feng that even if he wanted to leave, he would have to wait until tomorrow and leave together when the time came. Miss Bai leaned into my ear and said, what kind of blessing have you cultivated in your life, and you have such a good friend as Ah Feng.
I coughed, pinched my nose and asked, "Excuse me, is Miss Yang Xiaoqing here?" β
"Who?" Xiaoqing scolded, "Which bastard is called Miss Ben?" Coax the handsome guy, I don't have time to pay attention to you..."
Yang Shujun heard my voice and opened the door with a snort. I saw Xiang Feng wrapped in bandages in several places, sitting on the hospital bed, and Xiaoqing standing on her side.
"Ah Leng!"
"Xinmei paper..."
Several people all cried, Yang Shujun cried and laughed, Xiaoqing was so scared that the doctors and nurses came running, and they thought that the patient had an accident.
That night, Miss Bai and I bought a gas stove and pots and pans in the county, and turned the ward into a banquet hall. During the meal, Miss Bai and I told them about our series of thrilling encounters under the landslide, and several people were dumbfounded.
"You mean... Uh..."Yang Shujun burped, "My uncle went into that underground passage?" β
"Hmm." I nodded, "It should be." β
Yang Shujun was stunned for a while, his eyes were hooked, "So, the thing my uncle gave to my mother was taken out from underneath..."
"Something?" I frowned, "What's that?" β
Yang Shujun said that his uncle Yang Niansheng has not been clear since he was frightened crazy by his third grandfather in the coffin, and several elders in the family were afraid that Yang Niansheng would leak the news, so they told them about raising evil spirits, and plotted to get rid of Yang Niansheng, which was the fundamental reason why Yang Shujun's parents sent Yang Niansheng into the depths of Taihang Mountain. Yang Shujun was still a teenager at the time and did not come with him. According to his mother's later sue sΓΉ, his mother and his father took Yang Niansheng into the mountain, because of the deep love between his sister and brother, Yang Shujun's mother was reluctant to part with his younger brother, so she kept walking, walked for several days, due to the rain on the way, and stayed in the broken temple in Stone Village for several days, during which Yang Niansheng disappeared once, and Yang Shujun's mother also told him. Later, the rain stopped and continued on the road, and after walking for almost two days, he came to a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, and abandoned Yang Niansheng there.
When they were separated, Yang Shujun's mother cried to death. Yang Niansheng is not so much a madman as a fool. Since being frightened and stimulated, Yang Niansheng's intelligence has become like a child of a few years old. When he saw his sister crying sadly, he smirked and wiped her tears with his sleeve, and comforted her, saying that his sister didn't cry. As a result, Yang Shujun's mother cried even more sadly. And Yang Niansheng seemed to know his sister's thoughts, and said sister, go back, don't hang on to me, Niansheng is playing here by himself, waiting for my sister to pick me up when the time comes... As he spoke, Yang Niansheng took out something from his pocket and said Sister, look, you take this, take a look when you think of me...
"What's that?" I asked.
"A tooth." Yang Shujun said.
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